Oiler



(No Model.)

W. H. WILLIAMS. 'OILER. I. No .258,1 84. V "Patente dMaylfi, 1882.

INVENTOR: fif/W/w ATTORNEYS;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. WILLIAMS, OF BRISTOL, NEW HAMPSHIRE. W

OILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,184, dated May 16,1882, Application filed November 8, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. WILLIAMS, of Bristol, Grafton county, NewHampshire. have invented a new and Improved Oiler, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of myinvention is to prevent the loss of oil in lubricatingthe bearings of shafts.

The invention consists in an oil-vessel suspended from the bottom of abearing and containing a wick which conducts the oil from the vessel tothe lower part of the inner surfaceof the hearing, which, if desired,may be provided with a longitudinal groove to receive the wick.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a shaft-bearingprovided with my improved oiler, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation of thesame.

bearin g G.

If desired, the inner surface of the bottom part of the bearing 0 can beprovided with a longitudinal groove, J, extending in opposite directionsfrom the opening B, into which groove the strands H ofthe wick H areplaced, as shown in Fig. 1.

The oil is drawn from the vessel F up to the pla ce.

bearing 0 by the wick H in the same manner as the oil is conveyed to theburner in a lamp. There is no waste of oil whatever, as no more oil willbe fed than is required. Consequently there will be no dripping or lossof oil from the bearin g, as is the case where the oil-cup is above thebearing and the oil flows down and is only distributed by the wick.Furthermore, the vessel F can be filled very easily, for it need only bewithdrawn from the stopper and lowered slightly, or the vessel and thestopper are withdrawn from the tube A, upon which the vessel can befilled and returned to its original The (up is to be provided with anopening near the neck for filling it.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to attach a vessel to the lowerpart of an axle-box for containing a lubricating compound which isbrought. up to the axle by being drawn up through a wick, andI'therefore do not claim such but What Ido claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, isi v The combination of the vessel. F and thestopper D with the bearing(), the tube A, secured to the bearing andextending downward into the "essel, and the wick H, leading from thevessel to and extending along the inner bottom surface of the bearing,substantially as shown and described, whereby the vessel is adaptedto bewithdrawn from the stopper, or the vessel and stopper withdrawn from thetube, as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM H. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

DAVID S. FOWLER, HENRY A. RANDOLPH.

